U.S. AG Eric Holder wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner last Friday, March 14, announcing that the government had decided NOT to seek Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit’s R.J. Reynolds decision (2-1), striking down the FDA’s new graphic warning labels on tobacco. Instead, the FDA will go back to the drawing … Continue reading U.S. Throws in the Towel –For Now — on Cigarette Labels…
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Shift in US Media Funding Abroad
A new CIMA report on U.S. funding for independent media abroad through USAID and other programs, finds an overall significant drop since 2008. That’s not surprising given budget realities. What is more interesting is the finding that the strategy (and the report finds strategic vision lacking) has shifted. In the past, US aid has … Continue reading Shift in US Media Funding Abroad…